council is independent michael brown. he lost his seat to grosso but brown picked up petitions today to run in a special election for phil mendelson's vacant seat. one more thing about the special election coming up in april. there are already 14 candidates vying for that seat. it's just possible the winner could come out with only a few thousand votes. this is bruce johnson reporting from northwest washington for 9news. >> bruce tells us this time around michael brown will run for phil mendelson's vacant seat as a democrat. anita bonds was appointed to mendelson's seat under the special election. she will be a candidate in the april contest as well. >>> so you're all excited about the chance to see the redskins' first playoff game in five years? >> what that means if you're trying to buy tickets for sunday's game at fed ex field. make sure you do not get scammed because that's going o. that story coming up -- going on. that story is coming up. >>> your taxes are going up for 2013. congress did stop the big tax hike every